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THE GOVERNMENT WILL provide financial and humanitarian support for property owners and small businesses which have been affected by recent flooding.
A new scheme will provide assistance for small businesses, sports clubs, community and voluntary organisations unable to secure flood insurance and affected by the floods, which devastated parts of the Midlands and western counties this week.
The scheme will provide these groups and business with the costs of returning them to their pre-flood condition, including the replacement of flooring, fixtures and fittings and damaged stock where relevant.
It will provide a contribution of up to €5,000, depending on the scale of damage incurred, and is anticipated that these initial payments will meet the needs of those affected.
In the event that a premises incurs damages above €5,000, further support of up to €15,000 will be provided over a longer-term period.
However, the scheme will not provide a contribution to loss of earnings or loss of business goodwill.
Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation Heather Humphreys said the scheme would be put in place as quickly as possible to best assist those who have been affected.
She also announced that the Irish Red Cross would administer and make payments under the scheme on behalf of the department.
The Department of Employment Affairs & Social Protection’s Humanitarian Assistance scheme has also been activated to support householders affected by flooding.
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A useful way to spend my tax money for once. About time they sorted these poor people out.
The properties that have been repeatedly flooded since 1995 should be purchased at fair price by Co Co and people relocated . They can be added to Council Housing stock and used when not flooded , so it’s not a totally dead investment for the tax payer
@Angry_Man41: you know it takes months and 10’s of thousand’s to repair a house
@Angry_Man41: Used when not flooded? Put people up in a hotel while spending thousands on refurbishing a flooded house. Move them back in. Wait for another flood and repeat the whole process. Is that you Healy Rae?
It’ll be pulled in a few weeks for covid-19 relief! Flood victims get your claims in quick!
Honestly clowns that are talking about dredging the Shannon, haven’t a clue what they are talking about. It is not possible to dredge by ship as there is no way to get one up past bridges and weirs. A digger is like a child at the beach digging a sandcastles moate. Move family to higher ground.
There is obviously more water storage needed upstream with another Shannon Hydro electric scheme the most productive way to pay for the dams.
Its a pleasant change to paying for water!
It’s a much more logical idea to put a number of R,B 35′s on each side of the river next Summer when the water levels are normal and remove the obstructions, It will never cure all the flooding but it will greatly reduce it. It always appears to be easier to spend the money on engineering reports and planning procedures than on practical flood relief!
I assumed that’s why people pay insurance premiums.
And how much will the Red Cross take from these emergency funds? After reading what they stole from the People of Haiti I would never support the Red Cross again!
Yet another boo boo by the government!
But in fairness the Irish Swimming team for Tokyo now have plenty of places to train so noice…
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